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Monday, August 3, 2015

New this week: Adult Swim's animated comedy Rick and Morty, back for season two with a new series high 1.03. The show had palpable heat through season one, starting at 0.47 and gradually growing as high as 0.87 by season's end.

I haven't said much aboutthe HBO Sunday lineup since it premiered the week before I started doing this, but it's definitely worth noting that Ballers has solidified itself as one of the most successful recent comedy newbies on cable. Its average is only about a tenth behind that of fellow HBO comedy Silicon Valley, even though its lead-in is well over two points weaker. This week was perhaps its most impressive showing yet, as it surged to its second-best number (0.92) and had almost full retention of the gradually dropping True Detective (1.02).

Mentioned last week that Ray Donovan looked like it might be able to recapture last season's heat. There's no reason to dismiss that possibility yet, as it took another sizable step up to 0.51 this week. (And this time, it also helped out lead-out Masters of Sex, even if a 0.16 is still kinda awful.) It's rather odd to see a scripted show build this much in-season for multiple years. Is Showtime just really incompetent at getting people aware that the show is back...?

FULL TABLE:

Show

Net

This Week

This Season

Ep#

A18-49

Last

Seas

Avg

y2y

Proj

Proj +

Skew

True Detective

HBO

6

1.02

-1%

2

1.17

+33%

1.31

78

56%

Rick and Morty

ADSM

1

1.03

n/a

2

1.03

+119%

1.44

86

62%

The Haves and the Have Nots

OWN

17

0.89

+10%

2

0.89

-1%

0.91

54

37%

Ballers

HBO

6

0.92

+16%

1

0.89

n/a

0.90

54

63%

Pretty Little Liars

ABCF

8

0.74

-6%

6

0.84

-13%

0.82

49

57%

The Strain

FX

3

0.64

-14%

2

0.72

-33%

0.68

41

58%

The Last Ship

TNT

7

0.69

+0%

2

0.71

-34%

0.70

41

30%

Rizzoli and Isles

TNT

7

0.76

+33%

6

0.69

-29%

0.68

41

21%

The Game

BET

8

0.69

+30%

10

0.60

-27%

0.60

36

57%

Suits

USA

6

0.55

-8%

5

0.60

-21%

0.61

36

35%

Major Crimes

TNT

8

0.59

-9%

4

0.59

-31%

0.58

35

18%

Power

STRZ

7

0.57

+8%

2

0.55

+91%

0.60

36

56%

Teen Wolf

MTV

6

0.43

-27%

5

0.53

-29%

0.50

30

54%

Girl Meets World

DISN

11

0.49

-20%

2

0.52

-17%

0.49

29

30%

The Brink

HBO

6

0.42

-2%

1

0.49

n/a

0.46

28

53%

Mr. Robot

USA

6

0.42

-13%

1

0.49

n/a

0.46

27

41%

The Fosters

ABCF

7

n/a

n/a

3

0.48

-19%

0.48

29

51%

Devious Maids

Life

9

0.37

-10%

3

0.46

-24%

0.47

28

45%

Falling Skies

TNT

5

0.50

+6%

5

0.46

-46%

0.39

23

30%

Clipped

TBS

7

0.47

+21%

1

0.42

n/a

0.43

26

45%

Humans

AMC

5

0.39

+18%

1

0.40

n/a

0.40

24

41%

Ray Donovan

SHO

3

0.51

+38%

3

0.40

-7%

0.49

29

41%

Baby Daddy

ABCF

19

0.43

+65%

4

0.37

-15%

0.36

21

62%

Scream

MTV

5

0.29

-12%

1

0.37

n/a

0.33

20

55%

Melissa and Joey

ABCF

19

0.37

+37%

4

0.36

-23%

0.37

22

63%

Complications

USA

8

0.30

+3%

1

0.36

n/a

0.35

21

31%

Tyrant

FX

7

0.40

+8%

2

0.35

-34%

0.36

21

39%

Royal Pains

USA

8

n/a

n/a

7

0.35

-35%

0.35

21

31%

Stitchers

ABCF

9

0.36

+57%

1

0.35

n/a

0.35

21

51%

Hell on Wheels

AMC

2

0.25

-34%

5

0.32

-23%

0.28

17

22%

Murder in the First

TNT

8

0.32

-6%

2

0.31

-32%

0.30

18

19%

Graceland

USA

6

0.26

-4%

3

0.31

-39%

0.29

17

45%

Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll

FX

3

0.29

+7%

1

0.30

n/a

0.29

17

51%

Proof

TNT

7

0.30

+25%

1

0.30

n/a

0.30

18

18%

Dominion

Syfy

4

0.33

+6%

2

0.30

-38%

0.29

17

37%

Chasing Life

ABCF

4

0.22

-27%

2

0.27

-46%

0.27

16

49%

UnREAL

Life

9

0.21

-22%

1

0.27

n/a

0.26

16

50%

Defiance

Syfy

8

0.29

+26%

3

0.25

-48%

0.24

14

28%

Dark Matter

Syfy

7

0.29

+16%

1

0.25

n/a

0.27

16

29%

Married

FX

3

0.20

-20%

2

0.24

-45%

0.20

12

55%

Killjoys

Syfy

6

0.25

+4%

1

0.23

n/a

0.24

14

30%

Halt and Catch Fire

AMC

9

0.19

+58%

2

0.16

-35%

0.16

9

40%

Masters of Sex

SHO

3

0.16

+78%

3

0.13

-53%

0.12

7

30%

Becoming Us

ABCF

8

0.08

+33%

1

0.12

n/a

0.11

6

46%

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